Does the woman who suffers from obsessive doubts and suspicions about ritual purity (taharah) and the invalidation of her fast due to natural discharges, or due to lustful thoughts that cross her mind, fall under Allah’s saying: "Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity" (Quran 2:286)?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Giving in to obsessive thoughts is a disease that afflicts the heart, and one should turn away from them. Your fast is valid. The whisperings of the self and the emission of semen due to thought do not invalidate the fast. (ritual bathing) is not obligatory unless you are certain of the emission of semen that necessitates ghusl. The emission of (pre-seminal fluid) does not invalidate the fast.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/111228
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 111228
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy